Prevalence of Iron Depletion and Anemia in Top-level Basketball Players

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-37

  Dubnov, Gal ^a   Constantini, Naama W ^b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b WINGATE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anemia; Athlete; Ballgames; Iron deficiency; Sport

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON DEPLETION; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 1242298645     PISSN: 1526484X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.14.1.30     Document Type: Article

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